Join our phonebanking team—protect votes from abroad

Current Phonebanking

Virginia State Primary Election is currently running.

We will also be setting up phonebanking campaigns for the 2019 State Elections in Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Jersey as well as the special federal elections in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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About Phonebanking with Democrats Abroad

Democrats Abroad uses a free-for-you online system called CallHub that lets you call from a computer—all you need is internet access, a Chrome browser* and a speaker with a microphone. Log in and you will see a script and the voter information so you know who you're talking to. Simply follow the script and then fill in the survey answers: no other record-keeping needed.

Get Started: How to sign up

Join or log in to your DA account (or choose Join/Sign In from the right of the top navigation menu).

Sign up to be a phonebanking volunteer at Phonebank (or select Take Action > Phonebank from the top menu).

After you sign up, you will get an email from support@callhub.io to activate your CallHub account and set a password. It may take up to 10 minutes to receive the email. You need a CallHub account to work on campaigns, but if you forget your password you will be able to reset it.

Contact us at callhub-helpdesk@democratsabroad.org if you have any problems signing up. Please do not contact the phonebanking system's website support. They will not be able to sign you up as a DA phonebanking volunteer.

Returning Phonebankers

Already have a phonebanking account set up? Start calling voters abroad by logging in to CallHub at https://callhub.io.

Can't remember how to get into your phonebanking account? If you've done phonebanking with DA before, but can't access your phonbanking account, send an email to callhub-helpdesk@democratsabroad.org to contact the DA help desk.

Congratulations to DA Phonebanking Volunteers on an Amazing Election Night!

Results like this don’t just happen--it took the hard work of volunteers like you to “Get Out the Vote” and deliver this stinging repudiation of Trumpism and the Republicans!

Our phonebanking efforts brought these victories up and down the ballot:

Ralph Northam won a resounding 9-point victory (54% to 45%) to become the new Governor of Virginia. Democrats also swept the state-wide races for Lt Governor and Attorney General by similar margins.

Democrats flipped an astounding 14 seats in the VA House of Delegates. With results still pending, Democrats have a strong shot at doing the impossible and taking back the majority in the VA State House.

Five seats still too close to call--and our overseas ballots will be the deciding factor!

Only 69 votes defeated the Chair of the VA House Republican caucus. Every vote counts!

Phil Murphy won a huge 13-point victory (55% to 42%) as Governor of NJ, giving Democrats a new “trifecta” with control of NJ state government. And as the icing on the cake, Democrats also flipped a NJ State Senate seat.

Manka Dhingra's resounding 11-point victory (55% to 44%) in WA’s State Senate race gives Democrats control of WA State Senate and another new “trifecta” with control of the WA State government. WA Democrats can now implement progressive measures that were stymied by Republicans in the State Senate

Democrats lost only one election as Dr. Kathie Allen was defeated in her race for the Utah 3rd Congressional District race.

So, please take a well-deserved “victory break”--but let’s keep the momentum going! In a few days we’ll start a new phonebanking campaign in support of Democrat Doug Jones, who is running against Republican extremist Roy Moore for Jeff Session’s old Senate seat in Alabama. Even in deep-red Alabama, the candidates are running neck-and-neck in the polls.

And a special shout-out to phonebanking volunteers Dean Shuey (DA Philippines), Wendy Abondolo (DA UK) and Laura Mosedale (DA UK). Each of them made over 300 phonebanking calls in the last month.

Join Us for GOTV Training - Live WebEx Sessions

We have set up an initial round of live Webex training sessions for Phonebanking and for Voter Registration. These training sessions are optional.

The Phonebanking training is for anyone who wants additional support to set up a CallHub account and to get started with phonebanking. The Voter Registration training will discuss best practices for setting up Voter Registration events and how to help overseas voters register to vote and request their ballots.

We have scheduled several sessions to allow DA members in different parts of the world to access the training. Pick the one that is most convenient for you!

Let's give a special shout-out to the three phonebanking volunteers who made more than 30 calls during the opening weekend of phonebanking. As promised, we'll be sending each of them a coveted DA “donkey bag”!

Dean Shuey (DA Philippines) – who made 140 calls over the opening weekend!

Turn Energy into Action

Join our phonebanking effort to get out the vote for Democrats Abroad voting in Florida, New Jersey, and Virginia. Together we can help elect more Democrats to govern our states.

The Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Team is kicking off phonebanking campaigns to support Democrats running in upcoming New Jersey and Virginia State Elections and Florida’s Special Election for State Senate District 40 by reminding overseas voters to request their ballot and vote.

The horrifying events in the U.S. this past week have made our work to elect Democrats more important than ever. DA GOTV has started this round of phonebanking on Friday, August 18 to coincide with the Democratic Party’s “Weekend of Action.” These are the first phonebanking campaigns for the Fall elections -- with more to come. Join us now to reach out to other Americans overseas and familiarize yourself with CallHub before our big GOTV push begins in 2018!

And to sweeten the pie, DA is giving away our famous “donkey bags” to any phonebanking volunteers who make more than 30 calls this weekend (from Friday through Sunday evening Pacific Time).